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S. L. RCBSEL. J. H. LONGKNBCKER.
RUSSELL & LONGENECKER,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
BEDFOKD. PA.,
Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi
nesi entrusted to their care. Special attention
given to collections and the prosecution of claims
lor Back Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac
OFFICE, on Juliana Street, south of the Court
House. a Pf6, 671f
J. MCD. SHARPS. E F. KERR.
SHARPE & KERR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW BEDFORD, PA., will practice in
the courts of Bedford and adjoining counties Of
fice on Juliana St., opposite the Banking House of
Reed A Schell. |MarohJ, 66.
R. DURBORROW. | JOHN LUTZ.
PKURBORROWA LUTZ,
IJ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
their care. Collections made on the shortest no
tice.
They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
and will give special attention to the prosecution
of claims against the Government for Pensions,
Baok Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
"Mengel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer
office.
JOHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Respectfully tenders
his services to the pnhlic.
Office second door North of the Mengel House.
Bedford, Aug, 1, 1861.
I7ISPY M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT
'j LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and
promptly attend to all business entrusted to his
oare in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
daimt, back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected.
Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street,
t vo doors South of the Mengel House.
Jan. 22, 1864,
.M. KIMM ELL. I J- W. LINGBNFELTER.
\T IMMELL & LINGENFELTER,
IV ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
he Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South
of the "Mengel House,"
GH. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
# LAW BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at
tend to collections and all business entrusted to
his care in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Office on Juliana Street, three doers south of the
"Mengel House," opposite the residence of Mrs.
Tate.
May 13, 1864.
B. F. MEYERS. | J. W. DICKERSON.
MEYERS <T DICKERSON, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW, Bedford. Pa., office
same as formerly occupied by Hon. W. P. Schell,
two doors east of the GAZETTE office, will practice
in the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions,
bounty and bak pay obtained and the purchase
and sale of real estate attended to. f mayll,'66.
GFTTTIISTRY.
3. N. HICKOK, | J- G- MINNICH, JR.,
DENTISTS,
BEDFORD, PA.
Office in the Bank Building, Juliana St.
All operations pertaining to Surgical or Me
chanical Dentistry carefully performed, and war
ranted. Tooth Powders and mouth Washes, ex
cellent articles, always on hand.
TERMS —CASH.
Bedford, January 6,1865.
MRI UM P H IN DENTISTRY!
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN,
by the use of Nitrous Oxide, and is attended with
no danger whatever.
TEETH INSERTED
upon a new style of base, which is a combination
of Gold and Vulcanite ; also, upon Vulcanite, Gold,
Platina and Silver.
TEMPORARY SETS inserted if called for.
Special attention will be made to diseased gums
and a cure warranted or no charge made.
TEETH FILLED to last for life, and all work
in the deutal line done to the entire satisfaction of
all or the money refunded. Prices to correspond
with the times.
ty I have located permanently in Bedford,
and shall visit Schellsburg the Ist Monday of each
month, remaining one week ; Bloody Run the 3rd
Monday, remaining one week ; the balance of my
time I can be found at my offi e, 3 doors South of
the Court House, Bedford, Pa.
n0v.16,'66. WM- W. VAN ORMER, Dentist.
TA EN TIS TR Y! DENTISTRY!
A BEAUTIFUL SET OF TEETH FOR
TEN DOLLARS
Dr. H. VIRGIL PORTER,
(late of New Yorfc city,)
DENTIST,
Would respectfully inform his numerous friends
and the public generally, that he has located per
manently
IN BLOODY RUN,
where he may be found at all times prepared to
insert from ONE TOOTH to full sets of his
£EA UTIFUL A R TIFICIA L TEE TH,
on new and improved atmospheric principles.
THE TRIUMPH OF MECHANICAL DENTISTRY,
RUBBER.
FOR THE BASIS OF ARTIFICIAL TEETH.
This discovery which has met with such universal
approval throughout this and other countries, has
seemingly placed Artificial Teeth at the disposal
of all who require them. Dr. PORTER is now in
serting most beautiful and durable, at prices
ranging from ten to eighteen dollars per set.
ty Temporary sets inserted if desired,
jy All operations warranted.
TEETH EXTRACTED, without pain,
by the use of NITROUS OXIDE or
LAUGHING GAS.
This is NO HUMBUG, but a positive fact.
Gas administered fresh every day.
As the Gag administered by Dr. Porter is pre
pared in accordance with the purifying method of
Dr. Strong, of New Haven, Ct.. and Prof. Siliman
(late Professor of Chemistry in Yale College), he
has no hesitation in asserting that it is attended
with no danger whatever.
Persons desiring the services of a Dentist, would
promote their own interest by oalling upon Dr.
Porter, as he is determined to spare no effort to
please the most fastidious. Dr. Porter's mode of
operating will at all times be of the mildest char
acter, avoiding the infliction of the slightest un
necessary pain, and carefully adapted to the age,
constitution, health and nervous condition of the
patient.
t fC' Special attention is invited to Dr. Porter's
scientific method of preserving decayed and aching
teeth. H. VIRGIL PORTER,
mar29,'67tf. Dentist, Bloody Run, Penna.
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GOODS! NEW GOODS
A large and complete stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
just received and opened at J M. SHOEMAKER'S,
No. 1 Anderson's Row—bought just at the right
time.
The following comprise a few of our goods :
DRY GOODS:
Calicoes, Delaines, Coburg Cloths, French Meri
nocs, Alpacas, Flannels, Ginghams, all wool De
laines, all colors, large stock of bleached and un
bleached Muslins, Cloths, Cassimeres, Satinetts,
Jeans, Tweeds, Ac., Ac.
BOOTS AND SHOES:
A large assortment of Men's and Boys' Boots and
Shoes Ladies' Misses' and Children's Boots, Shoes
and Gaiters, all prices, and sizes to suit everybody.
CLOTHING:
A very large stock of Men's and Boys' Coats, Pants
and Vests, all sizes, and prices to suit the times.
HATS AND CAPS :
A complete assortment of all kinds, sizes and
prices.
GROCERIES, SPICES, Ac.:
Coffee, Sugar, Lovering and other Syrups. Molas
ses, Tea, Rice, Tobacco, Spices, Ac.
LEATHER:
A prime article Sole Leather, Calf Skins, Kip and
Upper Leather and Linings.
COTTON CHAINS,
Single and Double, all numbers, cheap.
CEDAR AND WILLOW WARE,
Tubs, Buckets, Brooms, Baskets, Ac.
Call and see our stock of Goods and be convinced
that No. 1 Anderson's Row, is the place to get
bargains. J. M. SHOEMAKER,
sep. 28, '66.
STORE!! NEW GOODS!!
MILL-TOWN,
two miles West of Bedford, where the subscriber
has opened out a splendid assortment of
Dry-Goods,
Groceries,
Notions,
<fcc., &c.
All which will be sold at the most reasonable
prices.
Dress Goods, best quality. Everybody buys 'em.
Muslins, " " Everybody buys em
Groceries, all kinds. Everybody buys 'em.
Hardware, Queensware, Glassware, Cedarware,Ac.
and a general variety of everything
usually kept in a country store.
Everybody buys 'em.
[y* Call and examine our goods.
dec7,'66. Q. YEAGER
-1867r J — F - - 1887 '
AT IT AGAIN!
AND
A rare CHANCE for BARGAINS!
JAMES B. FARQUHAR
Is pleased to state to his friends and former custo
mers, that he has
RESUMED BUSINESS IN BEDFORD,
at the well known P. A. Reed stand, opposite the
Bedford Hotel, where he is prepared to sell
everything in his line,
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST!
He has a full line of
Dry-Goods,
Ready-Made Clothing,
Boots and Shoes,
which have been purchased at very low prices, and
will be sold at a very small advance.
|y Call and examine our stock.
jan,18,'67.
gkgjiriXM*.
TAR. GEO. B. KELLEY,
I / having permanently located in ST. CLAIRS
VILLE, tenders his professional services to the
citizens of that place and vicinity. nov2'66yl
WW. JAMISON, M. D., BLOODY
S RUN, Pa., tenders his professional servi
ces to the people of that place and vicinity. Office
•ne door west of Richard Langdon's store.
Nov. 24, '6s—ly _
TAR. J.L. MARBOURG, Having
I 7 permanently located, respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citizens of Bedford
and vicinity.
Office on Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite
the Banking House of Reed A Schell.
Bedford, Febiuary 12, 1864.
MEDICALT—DRTS. G. STATLER,
near Schellsburg, and DR. J. J. CLARKE,
irly of Cumberland county, Pa., having asso
ciated themselves in the Practice of Medicine, re
spectfully offer their professional services to the
citizens ol Schellsburg and vicinity.
Dr. Clarke's office and residence same as form
erly occupied by J. Smith, Esq., dec'd.
aprl2,'67yl STATLER A CLARKE.
THE GENUINE BARTLETT
MACHINE.
WANTED—Agents, $l5O per month and all ex
i -penses paid, to sell the genuine Bartlett hewing
i Machine. This Machine will do all the work that
I can be done on any high-priced machine, and is
! fully patented, licensed and warranted for five
j years. We pay the above wages, or a commission,
j from which twice that amount can be made. For
i circulars and terms address H. HALL A Co.,
' aprl2w6 724 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
ALL HAIL CONNECTICUT.
What land is that so nicelj bound
By Massachusetts and the Sound,
Rhode Isl'ind and New York around,
Where Yankees thick as hops are found,
And hasty puddings do abound?
Connecticut.
What land is that, where folks are said
To be so scrupulously bred,
To be so steady habited,
Where hearty boys and girls are fed
With pumpkin pies and gingerbread ?
Connecticut.
What land is that where old Time walks
A steady pace o'er maple blocks ;
Forsakes his glass for wooden clocks;
Where heads too high meet with hard knocks,
And land were more if fewer rocks ?
Connecticut.
What land is that where onions grow,
Where maidens' necks are white as snow,
And cheeks like roses red you know ;
Where johnny cakes are baked with dough,
The land where milk and honey flow ?
Connecticut.
What land is that whence peddlers come,
A thousand miles or more from "hum,"
With tin, with bass-wood trenchers; some
With patent nutmegs and new rum ?
To gather up the coppers ? Hum !
Connecticut.
What land is that where parsons live,
Where men hear gospel and believe,
Where humble sinners seek reprieve,
Where women stay at home and weave,
Nor gad without their husband's leave ?
Connecticut.
What land is that where I can trace
My nineteenth cousin by his face,
Where once I fished with little dace,
And never learned the deuce from ace;
Where grandmothc. this day says grace?
Connecticut.
And better still, what land is that,
Where Democrats laugh and grow fat ?
Where Radicals like cunning rat
Forsake the swamp'd Disunion "flat"
And "turn" like nimble acrobat ?
Connecticut.
EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY LAW-SUIT.
A Story of French Life.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Times has the following account
of a curious ease in a French law court:
"A very extraordinary family law
suit concerning the custody of two
young ladies, aged respectively twenty
and seventeen, occupied one of the Par
is courts last week. The plaintiff, M.
Baison, a gentleman of property, liv
ing in the Rue St. Ilonore, is the fath
er of the minors in question by a first
wife, who died many years ago. M.
Baisson has several children by a sec
ond marriage. Immediately after the
death of his first wife he placed his two
children, then infants of tender years,
nnder the care of his mother-in-law,
the defendant, a widow. This lady
became passionately attached to the
girls, took the utmost care of their ed
ucation, treated them in all respects as
her adopted children, relieved the
father of all expenses for their main
tenance, and made no secret of her in
tention to leave them the whole of her
very large fortune. Under these appa
rently most happy circumstances, the
utmost harmony prevailed between M.
Baisson and the mother of his first wife;
he was able to devote himself to his
new family with the knowledge that
his elder children were in the hands
of a tender, judicious and wealthy re
lation whose greatest object in life was
their welfare.
"But a few months ago it happened
that the eldest Mile. Baisson fell in love
—amostimproperthing for any young
lady to do according to French notions.
The rule of good French society is that a
girl until married is never to speak to
any man unless in the presence of her
parents or guardians, and then only in
monosyllables. A well bred French girl
knows that she has one day to be mar
ried, and looks forward to the event
with pleasure, as one which will give
her an opportunity of making many
old school fellows jealous by the dis
play of her trousseau. But she is sup
posed to have no preference on thesub
ject. One day her father comes to her
and says, 'My love, I have found you
a husband.' To which she replies,
kissing her father on the forehead,
l Merci, monperef 'Who is it?' He
gives the name, mentions a proximate
day for the wedding and then the
young lady consults with her mother
about the wedding outfit. These well
known rules were not regarded in the
case of Mile. Baisson's attachment.
Yes! she absolutely formed an attach
ment, and her rich grandmother, who
had brought her up and was prepared
to do everything requisite, humanely
speaking, to make her futurelife happy,
was privy to it.
"The object of her attachment is an
army surgeon, a man of merit, both
personally and through his foregoers.
His father was a distinguished general
officer, and he himself wears upon his
breast a constellation of medals and
decorations attesting his good services.
But his only fortune is his commission,
and on this sole ground M. Baisson,
when informed of the engagement by
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1867.
his mother-in-law, peremptorily de
clared that the army surgeon was no fit
match for his daughter. The father who
had been content to delegate to her
grandmother the entire care of his
daughter from her earliest infancy came
forward resolutely to exercise the stern
parental authority which the law gives
him in order to prevent the marriage
of a girl almost of age with the man of
her choice, and who had courted her
with the approbation of the relation
who stood in loco parentis, and had
been throughout life her best friend.'
M. Baisson went to his mother-in
law's house, saw his daughter, told her
that he would never give his consent
to the marriage, and moreover, that he
would no longer allow her to live with
her grandmother, and that she must
come away with him directly. The
young lady, in obedience to this paren
tal command, packed up her trunks
and got into her father's carriage,
which was in waiting. But the car
riage had only gone a few yards when
she suddenly opened the door, at the
risk of breaking her neck, jumped out
into the street, and ran back to her
grandmother's. M. Baisson thought
it undesirable to make a scene by at
tempting then and there to bring his
daughter away by force. He content
ed himself by saying that he was in
flexible, and she would hear from him
in a few days. When next he went to
the house he was informed that the
whole family had gone away, and had
left no address.
"M. Baisson went over almost all
Europe in search of his daughters. He
inquired at all the German watering
places, and at every town in Belgium,
but wilhout any result. At length he
hit upon the expedient of sending a
money letter to the grandmother at her
old address at Paris, and learned,
through the post office, that this letter
was delivered to the ve; y army surgeon
whose pretensions to his eldest daugh
ter's hand formed the casus belli. He
afterwards found that the two girls were
concealed under false names in a Catho
lic convent at Glasgow. Thereupon he
brought action against the mother-in
law, requiring her to bring the girls
back to France and hand them over to
his custody. The Tribunal of First
Instance made a decree in his favor,
and ordered the young ladies' grand
mother to pay one thousand francs a
day for two months unless the girls
were restored to their father. She,
thinking that the penalty of this decree
would be the worst of the matter, let
the two months expire, and actually
paid the large sum of sixty thousand
francsinto the court —a sum that she
was prepared to sacrifice rather than
surrender the girls to their obdurate
father. But then he brought a further
action, laying the damages at a million
of francs.
"M. Desmarest, the lady's counsel,
told her that the law was altogether on
the father's side, and that if she did
not give the children up he might go
on bringing actions until he utterly ru
ined her. Acting upon M. Desmarest's
advice, the grandmother has now
brought the young ladies back from
Glasgow. The father has gained his
point; they are now in his custody.
The only question ultimately before
the court was, what damages she should
pay to the father for interfering with
his authority. The sum, after his
counsel, M. Jules Favre, had been
heard, was fixed at five thousand francs,
and the balance of the sixty thousand
francs interest is to be refunded to the
lady. As matters now stand Mile.
Baisson cannot marry in France till
twenty-five, without her father's con
sent, but in a few months she will te
twenty-one, and then he will have no
legal right to prevent her from living
where she pleases."
A TEXAS paper tells of a young coup
le who eloped on horseback, accompan
ied by a clergyman who was to marry
them. The lady's father gave chase,
and was overtaking the party when
the maiden called out to her clerical
friend, "Can't you marry us as we run?"
The idea took, and he commenced the
ritual, and just as the bride's father
clutched her bridle rein the clergyman
pronounced the lovers man and wife.
The father was so pleased with the
dashing action that, as the story goes,
he gave them his blessing.
To FLORISTS AXD PLANTERS. —
Those who intend making flower beds,
or garden, will find it a great advantage
to spade their grounds deeply at this
time, and spadeaud mellow them again
when the time cou.ies to plant seed or
put out shrubbery and flowers. In put
ting out rose-bushes, procure fine, rich
chip manure, or procure rich earth from
the forest, to put in the cavities where
you propose to place them. See that
there is plenty of room to spread out
all the roots and fibers, so that they
will grow readily and vigorously.
From the Free Christian Commonwealth.
THE ATLANTIC CABLE FORETOLD.
" Their line ts gone out through all the earth.''''
PSALM xix: 4.
As this wonderful thread now belts
more than half the world, we prefer
this, to the exegesis of referring the
line to a musical string, as ordinarily
explained. It was a singular providence
that suffered cable after cable to break,
until the time,i n the great dial of nations,
would permit the plans to be completed.
It was not until the grandest problem
ever solved by any one of the nations
on earth had been finished forever.
Had that mysterious line been comple
ted a few years sooner, would not the
intensely zealous autocrats of the Old
World, learning the extent of our reverses
in the late struggle, have decided to strike
a blow and settle the question f Would
not the Southern Confederacy, that fear
ful product of guilt and daring, been rec
ognized at once, and the hopes of our
race been turned back for centuries on
the dial plate of human hope.
But the struggle ended, the last fet
ter having dropped from a redeemed
nation of bondmen, the work of bind
ing the nations of earth went on. The
first flashings across the ocean were the
kind wishes and mutual fervent pray
ers for continued peace. The patriot
rejoiced with grateful reverence, and the
Christian with adoring love to God;
that the cable was to bind more and
more closely the interests of mother
and daughter—and all that is hopeful
in the universal sanctified brotherhood
of man. W. H. V. D.
The foregoing quotation from the
Philadelphia Presbyterian is a painful
evidence of the degeneracy of the
times. How any ordinary Bible read
er could so pervert that beautiful
psalm, as to make its sublime utteran
ces terminate in a telegraph line is dif
ficult to understand. Darkness cer
tainly covers the earth and gross dark
ness the people. This original com
mentator infers that because the line
has gone through more than half the
world it certainly was indicated by the
Psalmist. He seems to forget that
there are other things more widely ex
tended than Morse's poles and wires
he certainly forgot Ayer's Cherry Pecto
ral, Jacob Townsend's patent medi
cines, wooden clocks, and a great many
other Yankee notions. These all have
had a wider extension than the tele
graph—"this grandest problem ever solv
edP The time too when this great e
vent was accomplished affords the wri
ter particular comfort. I wonder if
this same W. H. V. D. is not oneofthe
individuals who pained the hearts of
God's people some years ago, on the
premature announcement of itssuccess,
by applying the same language to the
Atlantic Cable, that was used when the
glorious Redeemer was first announced
to our world, "Glory to God in the
Highest." How the application of
this language which is associated with
the most wonderful record God has
given of Himself, could be made to a
mere human operation, and yet escape
the censure of the press is almost as
great a mystery as the telegraph itself.
According to the reasoning ofthis wise
commentator the propitious hour had
not then arrived—there was a wise
providence in the failure which soon
became evident. If the lines had
proved a success at that time and had
continued to the time of that "fearful
product of guilt" the "Old World"
would have reversed the order of God's
providences. As the 'Old World' with
her weekly communications was so en
tirely ignorant ofall American transac
tions the Atlantic Telegraph would have
been invaluable. How wonderfully it
would have affected England and
France, to learn by telegraph that the
little bell in Washington had every
American citizen at the end of its
tongue —and how completely terrified
and Submissive all Europe would have
been lest its tinkle should be heard in
the Jourt of St. James and elsewhere.
The writer of the above article is cer
tainly wrong—wrong in his premises,
wrong in his conclusions—wrong all
through. But the concluding and
most overpowering thoughtof the wri
ter is its power to bind the two" nations
—"mother and daughter," by this won
derful submarine handcuff. Now
whenever it is proved that four thous
and miles of prepared wire will bind a
certain portion of the "great American
nation" to keep a covenant or contract
and comply with all its requirements
and conditions, all will undoubtedly ex
claim, the "grandest problem ever
solved by any one of the nations on
earth!" ' ■?. S.
Great com plaints are coming up from
various sections of the Southern States
about shrewd and rascally negroes from
the North (mulattoes, especially,) w r ho
are preying upon the ignorant South
ern darkies—swindling them out of ev
ery thing they make by their industry.
It is said that there are thousands ot
Northern darkies engaged in that busi
ness—two or three thousand from New
York city and State alone, and a still
larger number from Boston.
VOL. 61.—WHOLE No. 5,390.
TALK WITH A SOLDIER.
"Good morning, Johnny!"
"Good morniug!"
"You went to war, I believe?"
"Yes, and I got home again alive,and
that is more than some of us did."
"Glad to see yon back sorry any
of you were killed. What did you en
list for?"
"Well, I enlisted to save the Union
—Cousin Paul enlisted under a later
call to secure the bounty and escape
the draft, for he was a poor man. And
Cousin Bill, who owned that farm up
the Creek, was drafted, had no money
to get a substitute, and was obliged to
go."
"Well, that was the inconvenience
of being poor! Now tell me what you
fought for ?"
"To restore the Union."
"Did you go into the war to free the
negroes?"
"No,sir—went to fight for our flag."
"Could you have conquered without
the aid of negro troops?"
"Could we have conquered without
the aid of negro troops? Do you mean
to ask me if white men of the North are
inferior to the black men of the South?
Do you mean to insult me—to insult
the army ?"
"Not a bit of it! I only ask for infor
mation, as the Radicals say had it not
been for the negro you never would
have won your battles."
"Tell the Radical he lies. Perhaps
if all the troops had been like him, we
might not have won—but all were not
like him."
"Which did the most service in the
army, the niggers or the mules?"
"A mule is worth a dozen niggers,
and is good for something now when
the war is over, and a nigger is not.
The mule can pay his way, the nigger
can't."
"When you heard that the war was
over, what did you think?"
"Well, all thought the Union was re
stored, and we could live in peace."
"How much did you make by going
to war?"
"Not much. I had no rich relatives
to push me ahead—except in battle!
When we went to fight I could always
get a front view!"
"What made the soldiers hate the
Democrats?"
"We were taught to believe you
were disunionists. We could not get
a Democratic paper to read, we must
read those against you or none, and
gradually we began to believe all that
Republican papers said about you."
"How do you find us on your re
turn?"
"We find you in favor of the Union,
the Republicans opposed to it, and ask
ing us to go into another war to fight
an unarmed, submissive foe, that a few
rich men may be made richer, and that
more contracts may be given to the
friends of those who Jive by war and
agitation."
"Did the Republicans keep faith
with you while in the army?"
"No! They did not?"
"Please tell me how and where they
deceived you?"
"Well sit down on that bench or log,
ancWJ will tell you. They asked me to
fight to restore the Union. We fought
till there was no more army left, and
they tell us our fighting amounted to
nothing, and the Union is not restored.
"They said Democrats were disuion
ists, and we find them all in favor of
the Union.
"They said if we would go and fight
for them, they would take care of our
families, and stand the expense of the
war, and that the rich ones should and
would take care of the poor ones—the
brave ones—the patriots."
"But have not the Republicans kept
their words?"
"No not even in one respect.
"We went to war; we were poor
and had to go. Myself and two cousins.
They took care of our families by
town tax, taking our property and
little farms while we were lighting.
And after we had gone to war, they
gave bonds of the town and county,
bought them for half their face, and
now demand full pay and interest, and
we soldiers must now work to pay
their bonds.
"And when Cousin Bill was drafted,
he had to go and leave his farm. And
when the tax call came, to escape the
draft, they piled the taxes on the farms
of us who were fighting, to raise mon
ey to exempt those who dare not go,
and who were smart enough to keep
out at our expense.
"And you see, now the war is over
with, we come home to find that our
fighting did not restore the Uniort,
and so we had better stayed at home,
and voted taxes for somebody else to
pay-
"And we find the towns and coun
ties covered with bonds, mortgages,
and that, beside doing all the fighting,
we are now made to pay more than our
share of taxes—we are made to support
the niggers we liberated. We are
made to work to raise gold to lay in bank
for rich men to draw out as interest on
their bonds, which are not to be taxed.
We are working, in short, to pay our
selves for the luxury of being shot at,
while the 'friends of the soldiers' were
getting rich at home.
"And we find the same Congressmen
who stampeded our army at Bull Run
who got rich from the war, voting SIOO
bounty to white soldiers, S3OO bounty
to black ones, and then stealing two
thousand hollars a year each, and run
ning off with it for us to settle in extra
taxation."
"Well, and what conclusion do yon
come to ?"
4< l have said this, that I would have
been better off to-day had I too stayed
at home, voted taxes on some other poor
man's property, held office, speculated,
got contracts, turned my property into
United States Bonds, which bring big
interest and pay no taxes, and have
left the rampant, loud-mouthed Aboli
tion agitators and stay-at-home guards,
who are still for war, done the fighting,
then, as they may do next time, for I
shall not!"
"Why, my dear friend, you are a
bad man. You talk likeaCopperhead!
You will be called a traitor."
"Can't help it—that's the way I feel;
that is the way it worked in my case,
and I don't intend to vote for radical
ism, aristocracy, and unequal taxation
anymore. But I must go to work;
the bond-holder wants his interest, the
negro bureau must be kept up, the
Congressmen want their pay, the ne
gro must have his big bounty, while I
have a little one; I must buy some
stamps, and pay taxes to support the
policeman who watches the rich man's
bonbs, and I must go to work or before
my taxes are paid my poor family will
starve. Good day !"
WHAT FASHION DOES.—Fashion
rules the world, and a most tyrannical
mistress she is—compelling people to
submit to the most inconvenient things
imaginable, for her sake. She pinches
feet with tight shoes, or chokes us with
tight neckerchiefs, or squeezes the
breath out of our bodies by tight lacing.
She makes people sit up by night,
when they ought to be in bed; and
keeps them in bed in the morning
when they ought to be up and doing.
She causes hosts of apparently sensi
ble persons in other respects to pay
ex orbitant prices for the privilege of
seeing some foreign operatic or drama
tic performers, puffed into notoriety by
hired nwspaper writers, and to call the
exhibition "splendid," when they don't
understand a word that is said, or enjoy
the thing as well as an ordinary min
strel show.
She makes it vulgar to wait upon
one's self, and genteel to live idle and
useless.
She requires people to visit when
they had rather stay at home, eat when
they are not hungry, and drink when
they are not thirsty.
She invades our pleasure and inter
rupts our business.
She compels people to dress gaily,
whether upon their own property or
that of another, whether agreeable to
the word of God or the dictates of
pride.
She ruins health, and produces sick
ness ; destroys life, and occasions prem
ature death.
She makes tools of parents, invalids
of children, and servants of all.
She is a despot of the highest grade,
full of intrigue and cunning, and yet
husbands, wives, fathers, mothers,
sons, daughters and servants, black and
white, have voluntarily become her
obedient subjects and slaves, and vie
with one another to see who shall be
most ob3equious.
GRAFTING.—As the season of graft
ing fruit trees is at hand, the following
advice from the Germantovvn Tele
graph, good authority in such matters,
will be of use in the business Graft
ing is a very easy operation when once
understood. A sharp penknife and a
good fine saw are indispensable. Split
ting the stock so that the bark shall
not be bruised—and shaping the scion
wedge-fashion both ways, preserving
also the bark uninjured—and placing the
rim of the wood of both stock and scion
exactly together, so that the sap can
intermingle—there is no dangerof fail
ure if properly waxed. We make a
shoulder to the graft and think it adds
to the certainty of success, though pro
bably it weakens it. We prefer two
eyes or buds to a graft, and would rath
er have one than more than two. One
year's wood should always be used
when it can be obtained, as it is more
certain to take, and grows more vigor
ously. We remind those about prepar
ing grafting wax, that we have found
lour parts of rosin, one part of beeswax,
aud one part of beef tallow, to be the
best proportion. Melt them together
in a kettle, (which is the best,) or a tin
cup, and mix well. It should remain
in the vessel and be used as needed.
Twenty or thirty scions can be waxed
with one heating up. When much
grafting is to be done, a little fire for
heating the wax, should be made on the
spot, between two bricks or stones. We
have seen various preparations for mak
ing grafting wax, and we believe we
have tried them all, but prefer our
own. Applying warm or hot does
no injury to the graft. The object to
attain in the proposition, is, that the
wax will not crack in cold dry weath
er, or run in warm weather. April is
the best time to graft.
THE LAUGH OF A WOMAN.—A wo
man has no natural gift more bewitch
ing than a sweet laugh. It is like the
sound of flutes on the water. It leaps
from her in a cl< ar sparkling rill; and
the heart that hears it feels as il bathed
in a cool exhilarating spring. Have
you ever pursued an unseen fugitive
through trees, led on by a fairy laugh
—now here, now there, now lost, now
found? We have; and we are pursuing
that voice to this day. Some times it
will come to us in the midst of care and
sorow, or irksome business, and we
turn away and listen and hear it ringing
through the room like a silver bell,
with power to scare away the evil spirits
of the mind. How much we owe that
sweet laugh! It turns the prose to poet
ry; it flings flowers of sunshine over
the darkne&s of the wood in which we
are traveling; it touches with light ev
en our sleep, which is no more the im
age of death, but is consumed with
dreams that are the shadow of immor
tality.